Ideal Philosophy

Ideal Project Group believes that while business does in the end have to worry about the bottom line, it shouldn’t come at the cost of our values, morality, or humanity. And while a small business may not be able to save the world, we believe we should do what we can, when we can. Ideal Project Group has committed from the day of our founding to contribute 10% of all our profits to non-profit groups that feed the hungry, educate our community’s youth, or protect the environment.

We have four giving periods per year, January, April, July, and October, that correspond with the filing dates for estimated taxes. Any reconciliation for the previous year is done in April when our taxes are finalized.

While this in and of itself shouldn’t be a selling point, it does help differentiate us from our competition. If you can give a hungry person food, a child a book, or help save a rain forest simply by doing business with us, we feel it’s worth noting.

If you are part of a non-profit that provides any of the above services, please send us an e-mail at philanthropy@idealprojectgroup.com and tell us about your organization.

Q4 2007 Recipient
With it’s 4th quarter donation, Ideal Project Group has supported Environment Illinois, a citizen-based environmental advocacy organization. Environment Illinois focuses exclusively on protecting the air, water and open spaces of Illinois to improve the quality of our environment. To learn more about Environment Illinois, please visit them at www.environmentillinois.org.

Q3 2007 Recipient
Ideal Project Group is pleased to support the Grameen Foundation with our 2007 third quarter donation. The Grameen Foundation USA (GFUSA) is a young, dynamic, global organization that combines microfinance, new technologies, and innovative thinking to empower the world's poorest people to escape poverty. Microfinance helps people to escape poverty by giving them collateral-free loans and other financial services to support income-generating businesses. As each loan is repaid, the money is redistributed as loans to others, thereby mulitiplying its impact. To learn more about the Grameen Foundation and microfinance, please visit them at www.grameenfoundation.org.

Q2 2007 Recipient
Ideal Project Group is proud to announce we have selected Donors Choose as the recipient of our Q2 2007 donation. Donors Choose allows teachers to submit proposals that will help their students learn, and donors decide the projects they would like to fund. To learn more about Donors Choose, please visit them at www.donorschoose.org

Q1 2007 Recipient
Ideal Project Group has selected the Greater Chicago Food Depository as the recipient for our Q1 2007 charitable contribution.  To learn more about GCFD, you can visit them at www.chicagosfoodbank.org